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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 09, 1844
Page
5
Oxford authorities tightened controls on junior members amid irregularities in dining houses and eating establishments. Reports cover reforms, revived missions, new Eton staff, crew selections, and a Parliament incident injuring a workman. Also notes on arson trials, public aid donations, and various accidents and ceremonies.
The Queen will hold levees at St James's Palace on two Wednesdays, the 13th and 20th inst. Attendents must bring two cards, with names, one for the Queen's page and one for the lord in waiting. Names must be sent to the lord chamberlain's office before 12 o'clock on the preceding Monday. Drawing room on the 25th, with knights to appear in collars. Ladies must bring two cards and submit names for approval by the 22d inst. The report notes potential royal residence in the Isle of Wight at Osborne and possible sale of the Brighton Pavilion, and Windsor state apartments reopen to the public. The King of Sweden update, Greek king Otho's illness, and other court notes follow.
A high stakes 200 pound side race at Sutton featured Jenkinson the London Stag and John Smith the Regent-street Pet. The quarter mile contest drew a large crowd as the Stag surged ahead to win by four yards in under a minute after a close battle from the start.
A critic reports covert masquerade at Covent Garver with lavish stage decor and profligate tone. HayMarket stages The Marriage of Reason and Josephine or the Fortune of War amid mixed reception. Adlphi presents Ulrica and Bricoiton opens with sparse audience, plus news on theatrical fund festival plans.
Gambling notes from Tattersall's show Ben-y-Ghlo and Celeste as favorites in the Coventry Stakes and two thousand guineas field. Curster Cup favorites include Sir Robert and Pagan with mixed betting activity. Denby and other entries list Odds against multiple horses, with large stakes on Telemachus and Beaumont. Also reported are Oxarks mares, Spelthorne Cup, a Gravesend bout, and Manchester Garrison races highlights including Pocket Venus and Shrimp results.
Paris rumors of troop conspiracies trigger disciplinaire detentions in Algiers while Spanish and Italian fronts show disorder and arrests. Reports include Basque conspiracies, Vienna palace preparations for a Russian visit, Greek constitutional debates, and other international tensions with local incidents and cultural notes.
A spirited call proclaims free trade as the path to wealth with high profits and good wages, asserting abundant opportunities and affordable bread for all workers. The rhetoric emphasizes economic revival and broad consumer relief, urging public support.
A satirical theatrical piece targets Sir Robert Peel with stage dialogue and mock legal arguments about his finances and the tax. It lampoons promises from 1842, mocks two left legs as a metaphor for insincere politics, and hints at broader parliamentary tensions over tariffs and industry.
On Wednesday afternoon a rearriage of G Palmer MP’s coach on City road lost a seat support, toppled the coachman and crushed an elderly man in his harness. The man, a former butler, suffered crushed thigh broken leg and arm, internal injuries and was taken to St Bartholomew’s hospital. No one else was harmed.
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